Action Meets Portugal 2012: Kids Week

What a full week it's been! From Tuesday to Saturday, we had a kids week at the church here in Massama. The pictures really do speak for themselves, but we had a great time planning songs, games, crafts and stories for the kids.

The language barrier was a challenge at first, but with Paula or Joe (our hosts and translators) there, we made it work! And the kids definitely learnt a lot too. We were able to share Christ's truths as well as some English words!

As mentioned earlier, the week was all about God's plan. We told the stories of Abraham, Esther, David, Jonah and of the cross and resurrection of Jesus. Each day, the kids were able to make a craft that reminded them of how God's plan worked in the lives of these people and how he can work in the lives of us.

The songs were definitely a favourite. They requested to sing 'My God is so Big' and 'Jesus loves Me' multiple times! We are praying that the truth of God's love and His great plans stick with them as the songs did! They also loved how we could have fun with them and sing silly songs such as another favourite, 'Baby Shark' (seen below!)

We ended off the week with a water balloon fight to fight off some hot weather! The balloons that took over an hour to fill were gone within a few minutes! We had lots of fun, and they expressed to us how grateful they were that we could be there. We definitely felt like they had blessed us as well, as we saw how easily they could accept the things we were teaching them about, and how a child-like faith really is something to aspire towards.